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4 Beef Cattle Stories In The News This Week

From odd, to inspiring, to troubling, here are four media headlines about the beef industry.

Jul 22, 2013

Keeping an eye on industry trends, I’ve rounded up four odd, inspiring, troubling and interesting media headlines related to the beef cattle industry. From cattle rustlers, to cattle brands, here are four media headlines you might be like to read.

If I want to find inspiration and the ability to overcome obstacles, I don’t have to look very far. Just a little under two hours from my ranch in South Dakota is the Sutton family ranch near Burke, SD. Billie Sutton was paralyzed in a freak rodeo accident in 2007. With dreams of a pro rodeo career dashed, he now had to face learning to navigate through his life in a wheelchair. Today, he is a South Dakota state senator, and he continues to work cattle on the ranch. His sister Rehme even wrote a song about him on her first country album. Take a minute to read Sutton’s entire story as described on newsobserver.com. I promise you will feel inspired by this story.

“Nothing drives home the dual sides of Sutton's post-injury life quite so much as the sight of him roping calves on the family ranch. Relatives have to pick him up and put him into the saddle, which has straps that hold him in. But once Sutton is in the saddle, it's almost impossible to tell he's any different from any other cowboy.

“Cattle brands have been used since ancient times when the Egyptians first branded their livestock,” writes Rodger G. McLane for PanolaWatchman.com (Carthage, TX). “Some brands have been used for generations and passed down from father to child.”

Do you have any thoughts on the four articles listed above? Do you have any news and views to add to the mix? Leave your stories in the comments section below.